Ovid — Des Publius Ovidius Naso Lehrbuch Der Liebe
Berlin, Paul Cassirer, 1921. Vellum. A first edition of Ovid's Ars Amatoria in German. A first edition of Ovid's Ars Amatoria in German. Illustrated with head and tail pieces by Max Slevogt. This edition limited to 320 copies of which this is 168. Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love) is an elegy series in three books by Ancient Roman poet Ovid, written in 2 A.D. In half vellum binding in cloth covered boards. Externally, sound with some rubbing, bumping and boards a bit soiled. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just some spotting to the first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: Max Slevogt. Good .